VEGA IS FINALLY HERE, ITS IN STOCK ALONG WITH SOME EPIC BUNDLES & FREESYNC DEALS!!

nashathedog · 14 Aug 2017 at 20:29

TonyTurbo78 said:
No problems buying here with Barclays account Panos, order placed at 14:04

Same here but I also got mail about a big shake up with changes to how Barclays do online banking today, I was also using a debit card rather than a credit card, Maybe that makes a difference?

TonyTurbo78 · 14 Aug 2017 at 20:36

$ilent said:
Frankly anyone would be mental to buy an AMD vega 64 over a 1080 now.

1080 costs £450, uses less power, overclocks more and is £100 cheaper. Why would you pay more for a GPU that only just matches in some scenarios?

Blimey think about it...old aging GPUS in a system ie 290, 390, 7970 with freesync monitors...it's not hard to understand.

nashathedog · 14 Aug 2017 at 20:39

lloydcars18 said:
Just watched a 25 game Benchmark of the Vega 56 vs GTX 1070 Turns out its only 1% Quicker rather than the 30% faster we were lead to believe if the Aftermarket cards come in at much over £400 seems a big let down unless they sort out the Drivers and can squeeze some more performance was really hoping the VEGA 56 would have been the perfect card for 1440p

If thats the Hardware unboxed results remember they used an overclocked MSI 1070 Gaming X against the reference v56 and two of the games had abysmally poor performance on the Vega card which would pulled the 25 game average down. I actually came away from that video thinking the v56 did well and looked like a promising option especially when the AIB's turn up.

Martini1991 · 14 Aug 2017 at 20:42

TonyTurbo78 said:
Blimey think about it...old aging GPUS in a system ie 290, 390, 7970 on with freesync monitors...it's not hard to understand.

Depends. I'm in that boat, but I refuse to buy a 64 at 450 pound, let alone the ridiculous 550 now, I'd rather buy a 1080 and lose freesync. Or I'd rather as I'm doing keeping my 290X and evaluating my options.

TonyTurbo78 · 14 Aug 2017 at 20:43

Martini1991 said:
Depends. I'm in that boat, but I refuse to buy a 64 at 450 pound, let alone the ridiculous 550 now, I'd rather buy a 1080 and lose freesync. Or I'd rather as I'm doing keeping my 290X and evaluating my options.

i'd rather keep going than dropping freesync on a £600 monitor, its just to good to lose.

Martini1991 · 14 Aug 2017 at 20:47

TonyTurbo78 said:
i'd rather keep going than dropping freesync on a £600 monitor, its just to good to lose.

I've got one of those 144hz 2560x1080 ultra wides with freesync, and frankly I could give up freesync in a heart beat. But I'll endure with my 290X for now.

TonyTurbo78 · 14 Aug 2017 at 20:50

Martini1991 said:
I've got one of those 144hz 2560x1080 ultra wides with freesync, and frankly I could give up freesync in a heart beat. But I'll endure with my 290X for now.

Not a chance in hell i'd drop adaptive sync after using it, gaming without it is now a horrendous experience for me, but we all different right.

Martini1991 · 14 Aug 2017 at 20:52

TonyTurbo78 said:
Not a chance in hell i'd drop adaptive sync after using it, gaming without it is now a horrendous experience for me, but we all different right.

Bet that's probably crossfire causing the horrendous experience

Multi-GPU AMD or Nvidia seems dire these days.

TonyTurbo78 · 14 Aug 2017 at 20:53

Martini1991 said:
Bet that's probably crossfire causing the horrendous experience

Multi-GPU AMD or Nvidia seems dire these days.

nope, had mine disabled for all of this year, crossfire has been that bad.

Martini1991 · 14 Aug 2017 at 20:54

TonyTurbo78 said:
nope, had mine disabled for all of this year, crossfire has been that bad.

Well then it's you trying to run 1440P 144HZ with only a 290X then. I can entirely understand why you would need more performance and why freesync helps when your frames are crap.

Having less pixels to push I don't encounter that much issue.

TonyTurbo78 · 14 Aug 2017 at 20:55

pagepack · 14 Aug 2017 at 20:59

Martini1991 said:
Depends. I'm in that boat, but I refuse to buy a 64 at 450 pound, let alone the ridiculous 550 now, I'd rather buy a 1080 and lose freesync. Or I'd rather as I'm doing keeping my 290X and evaluating my options.

In exactly the same boat. 4 years after buying a 290x, I'm still looking for must buy from AMD. £550 is joke pricing, sometimes it better to cut your losses rather than wait year after year.

Panos · 14 Aug 2017 at 20:59

tres_kun said:
Anny ata for stock of the sapphire liquid cooled version?

The all cards on the shop are Sapphire and due for delivery tomorrow, at least thats what the guy told me on the phone when placed the order for the Liquid.

henson0115 · 14 Aug 2017 at 21:00

Just think of how many 290 and 390 users may Have brought a 1070 myself included if nvidia had taken up adaptive sync; In the year long waif for vega. 56 pricing needs to be spot on really.

CAT-THE-FIFTH · 14 Aug 2017 at 21:00

pagepack said:
In exactly the same boat. 4 years after buying a 290x, I'm still looking for must buy from AMD. £550 is joke pricing, sometimes it better to cut your losses rather than wait year after year.

But TBF dude,some of the best R9 290 cards were around £170 in 2015 - I am not sure any of the modern GPU releases can compete with the price/performance on those cards!!

henson0115 said:
Just think of how many 290 and 390 users may Have brought a 1070 myself included if nvidia had taken up adaptive sync; In the year long waif for vega. 56 pricing needs to be spot on really.

Well you have the AMD Vega56,so at least better late than never!

Martini1991 · 14 Aug 2017 at 21:02

I bought mine B Grade for 250 pound ages ago.
I'm not expecting to match that, but the 290 launched available at 320 pound. The 56 looks lucky to land at 350.

Panos · 14 Aug 2017 at 21:13

spikerules said:
No it's called speaking my mind if giving people my opinion. It's entirely your fault you can't handle the truth.

I am sorry for the previous post. But had 2h arguments with divorce lawyers and ex wife tonight.

henson0115 · 14 Aug 2017 at 21:48

CAT-THE-FIFTH said:
But TBF dude,some of the best R9 290 cards were around £170 in 2015 - I am not sure any of the modern GPU releases can compete with the price/performance on those cards!!

Well you have the AMD Vega56,so at least better late than never!

Except that's the problem, we dont have 56 yet, is stock likely to be available, is the price going to be spot on. Are miners going to drive prices up. In my opinion both company's have missed out massively. There are many many 290 users out there that won't spend more than x for a replacement card, 56 being 450 will likely see 290 users wait another year. Another year of lost market share to both sides. nvidia could easily enable adaptive sync and swiftly take the custom as they have the cards in the price range, Not rocket science is it really.

pandem0nium · 14 Aug 2017 at 21:50

ubersonic said:
No worries, they are doing 35 Mhash in reviews XD

in comparison, my barely tweaked fury x is doing 32 dual mining decred right now.

CAT-THE-FIFTH · 14 Aug 2017 at 21:52

henson0115 said:
Except that's the problem, we dont have 56 yet, is stock likely to be available, is the price going to be spot on. Are miners going to drive prices up. In my opinion both company's have missed out massively. There are many many 290 users out there that won't spend more than x for a replacement card, 56 being 450 will likely see 290 users wait another year. Another year of lost market share to both sides. nvidia could easily enable adaptive sync and swiftly take the custom as they have the cards in the price range, Not rocket science is it really.

What to do?? My viewpoint is keep an eye on when the Vega56 is released and if you see for one for under £400,then be quick,or get a GTX1070.